So, I determined my sender was bad (gauge pegged at 5) and did research here on replacing. Several good threads on how to replace such as this one....
Question on replacing the oil pressure sender
While others have done this job without removing the A/C compressor & A/C bracket, I quickly determined that the working space was too tight so I decided to remove the A/C bracket which required removal of the muffler and heater tube. Total project time - approx 2 hours.
Not may pics on other sender replacement threads so here are a few....
New parts included the sending unit, crush washer and two crush washers on either side of the mounting block.
Working space too tight for my preference so I decided to make some room by removing the A/C compressor and bracket.
To remove the A/C mounting bracket there are a total of 4 bolts - two bolts on the lower part of the bracket below the tin, one nut to the left near the fan housing and one allen head bolt underneath that bolts into the piece near the fuel rail.
Old & New Sending Unit with Hollow through bolt
Mounting block in vise for sender removal. Attempting to do this in situ would risk damaging the hollow through bolt.
When re-assembling the oil line I found it helpfull to loosen the hollow bolts on other end of the cam line and the tensioner hard oil line to give some play at the fittings and prevent cross threading on re-assembly.
Done!
